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DEADLY PAINKILLER DRUG FENTANYL HAS 'GROWING MARKET IN EUROPE'
Overdose deaths from all opioids, not just fentanyl, hit 2,304 in the UK, the highest number in Europe... READ MORE›
MILLIONS OF PATIENTS FACE PAIN AND WITHDRAWAL AS OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS PLUMMET
In the battle to wean patients off opioids, dosage has emerged as a critical issue... READ MORE›
WHITE HOUSE REPORT SAYS TRUE COST OF OPIOID EPIDEMIC TOPS $500 BILLION
Last month at the White House, President Donald Trump declared opioid abuse a national public health emergency... READ MORE›
FDA WARNS OF INJURY, DEATH WITH HERBAL SUPPLEMENT KRATOM
But the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that kratom carries similar risks, including addiction and death, and the agency is working to block shipments... READ MORE›
'THIS IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DYING'
'This is why so many people are dying' Data show dramatic rise in street drugs testing positive for fentanyl... READ MORE›
DESPITE TRUMP'S PLEAS, CHINA'S ONLINE OPIOID BAZAAR IS BOOMING
Mr. Trump has accused China of being the main source of the flood of cheap and deadly fentanyl into America... READ MORE›
HOW AMERICA'S OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS EXPLODING IN DONALD TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO BACK YARD
This year an estimated 65,000 Americans will die after overdosing on opioids, whether it be prescription painkillers or illegal street drugs like heroin... READ MORE›
AS OPIOID OVERDOSES SPIKE, OTTAWA HEALTH WORKERS TRY GIVING ADDICTS 'CLEAN DRUGS'
Said Dr. Jeff Turnbull, the chief physician for Ottawa Inner City Health, which provides health care to the homeless... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOIDS A U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Trump declares opioids a US public health emergency... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOID EPIDEMIC A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Trump declares opioids a U.S. public health emergency... READ MORE›
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD JUST 'SAY NO' TO OPIOIDS
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the Heritage Foundation's Legal Strategy Forum in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2017... READ MORE›
TRUMP TO DECLARE OPIOID CRISIS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN U.S.
It will also expand access to medical services in rural areas and shift some federal HIV money to help addicts... READ MORE›
OFFICIALS SAY TRUMP'S OPIOID EMERGENCY WON'T MEAN NEW MONEY
Utah wants to use video to connect rural patients with a Provo-based doctor trained to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid addiction... READ MORE›
TRUMP TO ISSUE EMERGENCY DECLARATION NEXT WEEK ON OPIOIDS
Trump said in August that he would declare opioid abuse a national emergency... READ MORE›
FDA HOPES TO LIFT STIGMA ON USING DRUGS AS TREATMENT FOR OPIOID ADDICTION IN FACE OF RESISTANCE
FDA hopes to lift stigma on using drugs as treatment for opioid addiction in face of resistance... READ MORE›
WHY OPIOIDS ARE SUCH AN AMERICAN PROBLEM
It found that Japanese doctors treated acute pain with opioids in 47 percent of cases... READ MORE›
AS HE CHAIRS TRUMP'S OPIOID COMMISSION, CHRISTIE CHAMPIONS HIS HOME-STATE DRUG COMPANIES
As he chairs Trump's opioid commission, Christie champions his home-state drug companies... READ MORE›
EUTHANASIA DEBATE PROMPTS FAMILY'S MEMORIES OF PAIN AND SUFFERING
Ms Godden said making Cassie comfortable involved continually increasing pain killers so she was virtually in an induced coma ... READ MORE›
'IF I LIFT MY LEG MY WHOLE BODY SHAKES'
Lisa Woodrow travelled to parliament after losing her job, partner and home after suffering complications from surgery... READ MORE›
U.S. CHARGES CHINESE PAIR WITH ILLEGAL OPIOID MANUFACTURING BUT EXTRADITION SAID UNLIKELY
At least 21 other people were also indicted on charges they trafficked the drugs across the U.S. and Canada, often through the U.S. mail... READ MORE›
CHINESE NATIONALS INDICTED ON ILLEGAL DRUG MANUFACTURING
At least 21 other people were also indicted on charges they trafficked the drugs across the U.S. and Canada, often through the U.S. mail... READ MORE›
DRUG CZAR NOMINEE COULD BE IN LIMBO AFTER REPORT ON DRUG INDUSTRY TIES
Manchin calls on Trump to withdraw drug czar nomination, saying Marino is unfit for job and can't be trusted to confront opioid epidemic... READ MORE›
UK ACCOUNTS FOR LARGEST SHARE OF DARKNET FENTANYL SALES IN EUROPE
The UK is the largest host of fentanyl sales on the darknet in Europe, with 1,000 trades being made in the last few months, research shows... READ MORE›
DRUG FATALITIES HIGHEST WHERE TREATMENT CUTBACKS DEEPEST
Other drug death hotspots with the biggest cuts are Gateshead 51 percent, Sefton 51 percent, Portsmouth 38 percent, and Durham 38 percent ... READ MORE›
'THE GREATEST DRUG FIENDS IN THE WORLD'
America's first Opium Commissioner Hamilton Wright is at left... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Opioid
DONALD TRUMP CALLS FOR DRUG TEST AHEAD OF NEXT DEBATE
Trump calls for drug test ahead of next debate, says clinton was 'pumped up'... READ MORE›
'I KNOW I MIGHT DIE': 22-YEAR-OLD FENTANYL ADDICT TELLS HER STORY
Kati has lost everything thanks to her addiction to fentanyl... READ MORE›
THIS IS AMERICA ON DRUGS: A VISUAL GUIDE
In modern history, few things have caused such a sharp spike in US deaths as drug overdoses... READ MORE›
NINE DIE IN VANCOUVER IN 24 HOURS FROM FENTANYL OPIOID OVERDOSE
Nine people have died in Vancouver in the past 24 hours from an overdose of the painkiller fentanyl opioid, officials say... READ MORE›
AS OPIOID OVERDOSES EXACT A HIGHER PRICE, COMMUNITIES PONDER WHO SHOULD BE SAVED
Jones has decided not to let his deputies carry Narcan, a potentially lifesaving medicine for those suffering opioid overdoses... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO LAUNCH NEW EFFORT ON HEROIN CRISIS
Yet after Congress approved landmark legislation in July for expanded drug addiction treatment and prevention, it did not include the 181 million to actually fund the measure... READ MORE›
HOW THE POWERFUL OPIOID FENTANYL KILLS
This is your brain on fentanyl How the powerful opioid kills... READ MORE›
AMERICANS USE FAR MORE OPIOIDS THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD
If objective need doesn't explain the relatively enormous prescription opioid consumption in the United States, what does?... READ MORE›
DOCTORS TOLD TO AVOID PRESCRIBING OPIATES FOR CHRONIC PAIN
When the benefits of prescription opiates outweigh the risks, doctors should talk to patients about their treatment goals and when they will stop using the drugs... READ MORE›
FENTANYL DEATHS ARE A CANADA-WIDE 'DISASTER'
Fentanyl is a highly potent drug that many recreational drug users take unknowingly, putting them at high risk of an overdose... READ MORE›
MAKERS OF OXYCONTIN, PERCOCET SUED BY U.S. GOVERNMENTS OVER OPIOID CRISIS
Whenever an autopsy is done in Sullivan County, in northeast Tennessee, the report is sent to the district attorney... READ MORE›
EPIDEMIC OF UNTREATABLE BACK AND NECK PAIN COSTS BILLIONS, STUDY FINDS
But neck and lower back pain treatment costs were close behind, at 87.6bn... READ MORE›
OTTAWA HOSPITAL SEES SPIKE IN SUSPECTED FENTANYL OVERDOSES
Ottawa public health recorded 15 suspected cases recorded in 72 hours... READ MORE›
'I'M SMARTER THAN THEY ARE': UNDERGROUND CHEMIST SAYS POLICE LOSING FENTANYL BATTLE
Drug producer known as Beeker says underground chemists are steps ahead of the police when it comes to the movement of illicit drugs on the streets... READ MORE›
PUNITIVE DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT FAILING, SAYS HOME OFFICE STUDY
A Home Office spokesperson, responding to the evidence of the international report, said This government has absolutely no intention of decriminalising drugs... READ MORE›
'THERE IS LIFE AFTER DRUGS': A MESSAGE FOR TEENS ADDICTED TO FENTANYL
And Smith has some advice for the Kanata teens who have recently spoken out about their own fentanyl addictions... READ MORE›
FACES OF DRUG ADDICTION POLICE MUG SHOTS SHOW DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF METH AND OXYCODONE
The people in the photos are users of cocaine, heroin or oxycodone - a prescription opioid... READ MORE›
ALMOST ONE IN THREE DRUGS OVERDOSES IN EUROPE RECORDED IN UK
Britain has Europe's highest proportion of heroin addicts and problematic use of novel psychoactive substances, say reports by the European drugs agency... READ MORE›
PCP TO PSYCHEDELIC FISH: UNCOVER THE STORIES BEHIND THE WORLD'S STRANGEST DRUGS
Morris says he wanted to use a boisterous disco song to accompany scenes of people smoking Mandrax in South Africa, but that Vice intervened... READ MORE›
CHINA'S OXYCONTIN BOOM IS A GOLD MINE FOR THIS DRUGMAKER
The World Health Organization recommends that some opioid medicine be used for cancer pain, although it isn't recommending OxyContin specifically... READ MORE›
'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' HEROIN SKETCH SPARKS OUTRAGE
Do you think the SNL sketch on heroin crossed the line?... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 60 UK DRUG DEATHS IN PAST EIGHT MONTHS LINKED TO FENTANYL
Fentanyl, a synthetic opiate, is up to 100 times stronger than heroin and is sometimes prescribed as a painkiller for the terminally ill... READ MORE›
ITALY SEIZES HUGE DRUGS HAUL INTENDED FOR ISIL FIGHTERS IN LIBYAA
The drugs would also have been sold to people in the street in Libya and Egypt, where dependence on Tramadol has become a serious social problem... READ MORE›
TRUMP CALLS OPIOIDS 'NO GOOD,' URGES PEOPLE NOT TO ABUSE THEM
Most opioid overdose deaths are linked to prescription pain pills, though use of heroin is growing rapidly, accounting for almost 13,000 deaths in 2015, according to NIDA... READ MORE›
TRUMP URGED TO DECLARE NATIONAL EMERGENCY OVER OPIOID CRISIS
President Donald Trump's commission to tackle opioid drug abuse is urging him to declare a national emergency... READ MORE›
SEVERAL CHINESE COMPANIES WILLING TO EXPORT CARFENTANIL
Acetylfentanyl, for example, is a weaker cousin of carfentanil that China included on last year's list of restricted substances... READ MORE›
HOW PRICE-GOUGING OF OPIOID OVERDOSE CURE COSTS LIVES
Amphastar of California nearly tripled the price of syringes pre-filled with naloxone... READ MORE›
TEEN DRUG OVERDOSE RATE IN US ROSE 20% IN 2015 AFTER YEARS OF DECLINE
Deaths among teenagers represent a tiny portion of drug overdose deaths nationally - less than 2 percent ... READ MORE›
BAN ON FORMER LEGAL HIGHS HAS DRIVEN TRADE UNDERGROUND STUDY
However, the report says that as a result of the ban, Spice and other NPSs have become just another street drug being sold by illicit dealers... READ MORE›
'DOUBLE DOWN' IN FIGHT AGAINST OPIOID ABUSE
Over the course of his campaign, President Trump heard from many Americans whose lives have been devastated by our widespread opioid abuse epidemic... READ MORE›